by Matt Helms, Tom Walsh and JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press

Snyder said last week that he would probably make a decision this week on whether to appoint an emergency financial manager for the city of Detroit.

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, attending a policy conference Thursday in Detroit, said he spoke with the governor Thursday morning but would not say what Snyder told him his decision was, saying only "that he's going to let the governor make his announcement tomorrow," said spokesman Bob Warfield. But Bing said he doesn't expect Snyder to name a person into that position on Friday.

"I've got to let him make the announcement," Bing told reporters outside a conference center at MotorCity Casino-Hotel. "I think everybody's got a pretty good idea of what the announcement will be."

But when asked whether he expects Snyder to name an individual for the position, Bing replied "not immediately.

"I'm a team player," Bing said. "I'm more interested in instead of fighting Lansing (Mich.), in working with them."

High-level city officials have been told Snyder will make the announcement Friday and has invited clergy and other stakeholders to the event. Details of the location and time weren't available, according to a person familiar with the discussions who would only comment on condition of anonymity because the information wasn't authorized to be released.

Snyder's representatives couldn't be reached for comment Thursday on his decision, widely expected to be that he'll appoint an emergency manager to fix the disastrous finances of a city drowning in deficits and more than $14 billion in long-term debts and liabilities related to bonds, retiree pensions and health care benefits.

Underscoring the urgency of the crisis, Snyder said last week that he believes much of what he wants done in Detroit -- a bottom-up restructuring of city operations, addressing restrictions written into the city's charter, investing in information technology upgrades and other "very challenging problems" -- can be implemented by November 2014.

A state financial review team issued a report last week that concluded the city's financial situation is so dire that it cannot be corrected without outside help. Snyder received the report over the weekend.

Bing reiterated Thursday that Detroit will need Lansing's help no matter what to fix its financial mess.

"It's all about the numbers," he said. "And anybody who's been following the numbers in Detroit knows that the numbers are not good and they're not going to change dramatically anytime soon. So there are things Lansing can do to help to get us out of this situation faster than we can do it by ourselves."

Word of Snyder's announcement comes as opposition to an emergency manager appointment grows. The Detroit Branch NAACP, one of the state's most influential civil rights organizations, urged Snyder not to appoint one and instead work in partnership with the city.

Detroit mayoral candidates including Lisa Howze, Krystal Crittendon, Mike Duggan and Benny Napoleon have come out against an emergency manager, with Howze, Crittendon and Napoleon questioning whether the state of Michigan exaggerated Detroit's financial obligations to justify appointment of an outside manager with broad powers to slash services, gut unions and usurp local elected officials.

The Detroit City Council is also expected to issue a response to the state review team's report. The council's research and analysis division and its fiscal analysis division have concluded that the city would be best served by Snyder ordering a new consent agreement that would fall under Public Act 436, which was passed late last year by a lame-duck legislation.